verb
- Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. )
- usage: "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning. )
- usage: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- Derive by reason.
- usage: "elicit a solution"
- synonyms: elicit
adjective
- Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
- usage: "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"
- synonyms: evoked
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